500,000 people call for mature and old-growth forest protections

Activists gathered near Forest Service headquarters in D.C. to deliver comments calling for mature and old-growth forest protections.

Forests

July 20, 2023

Ellen Montgomery

Director, Public Lands Campaign, Environment America Research & Policy Center

More than 500,000 people are calling on the U.S. Forest Service to protect mature and old-growth forests and trees from logging on federal land as a cornerstone of U.S. climate policy.

In April the Forest Service issued a rulemaking proposal to improve the climate resilience of federally managed forests. The public comment period on the proposal closed today.

In addition to the hundreds of thousands of people who weighed in, dozens of environmental and grassroots organizations submitted comments, including Environment America Research & Policy Center.

Activists and environmental advocates gathered today at the D.C. offices of the Forest Service, to celebrate the outpouring of public support.

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Ellen Montgomery

Director, Public Lands Campaign, Environment America Research & Policy Center

Ellen runs campaigns to protect America's beautiful places, from local beachfronts to remote mountain peaks. She sits on the Steering Committee of the Arctic Defense Campaign and co-coordinates the Climate Forests Campaign. Ellen previously worked as the organizing director for Environment America’s Climate Defenders campaign and managed grassroots campaign offices across the country. Ellen lives in Denver, where she likes to hike in Colorado's mountains.